Eclecticism: Reflections on literature and life | Terry Freedman | Substack

All roads lead to home

in London, north of the Thames

13 hrs ago • Terry Freedman

Review: Here There Are Blueberries

A play about the Holocaust

Feb 10 • Terry Freedman

An American Werefolf in London

Two credible aspects and one preposterous one-though not the one you might think.

Feb 7 • Terry Freedman

Start the Week #108

The domino effect #1

Jan 26 • Terry Freedman

(Not really) Start the Week #107

Featuring the list of excuses from the famous Homework Excuse Management System

Jan 7 • Terry Freedman

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The problems with going viral

Feb 2, 2024 • Terry Freedman

Solitude and isolation

Aug 5, 2023 • Terry Freedman

My grandfather and me

Nov 4, 2023 • Terry Freedman

Substack badges? What a rotten idea!

Nov 13, 2022 • Terry Freedman

Recent posts

[Revisited] Experiments in style: The Christmas Letter

It's that time of year again

Dec 28, 2025 • Terry Freedman

Start the Week #106

Special Christmas Edition 2025

Dec 22, 2025 • Terry Freedman

Revisited and updated: How I reduced my marking time from 4 hours a week to 15 minutes

Life's too short for assessment

Dec 21, 2025 • Terry Freedman

The road not taken

One prompt, seven stories

Dec 16, 2025 • Terry Freedman

Revisiting and expanded: Thanks again, JT

A tribute to a great teacher

Dec 14, 2025 • Terry Freedman

Start the Week #105

Dec 8, 2025 • Terry Freedman

7 Books for giving as presents

Not necessarily glossy, but...

Dec 7, 2025 • Terry Freedman

Updated: Use A Spreadsheet For Literary Criticism

It's More Accurate

Nov 30, 2025 • Terry Freedman

Start the week #104

short and, hopefully, sweet

Nov 17, 2025 • Terry Freedman

Experiments in style: Computer-generated version

Does story creation require a human being?

Nov 16, 2025 • Terry Freedman

Behind the computer-generated version

What inspired this version?

Nov 16, 2025 • Terry Freedman

Reviews: Vermeer; Tradecraft; The Queen's Atlas

Three wonderful books

Nov 14, 2025 • Terry Freedman

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